Former Canadian Forces general Andrew Leslie will carry the Liberal banner in Orléans in next year’s federal election, but his nomination Saturday was marred by a chaotic and divisive scene in which police had to break up a noisy scuffle.
Leslie, an advisor to Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, was acclaimed by Liberals in Ottawa-Orléans as their candidate for the 2015 election, when the riding will be known simply as Orléans.
But the event turned into a political embarrassment for Leslie when his only rival, Ottawa lawyer David Bertschi, showed up with some angry supporters to complain that the party had acted undemocratically last month in disqualifying him from seeking the nomination.
“Shame, shame, shame,” some of those Liberals chanted as it became clear that Leslie was about to be acclaimed without a fight from his rival.
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(h/t Brian Gardiner)
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I don’t think this is parody.
h/t Sean
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@punditsguide Oh dear, the #LPC nom mtg in Laval-les-Îles descended into yelling and threats by the looks of it.
Post by Jaridit Yalla.
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Presented without comment: Justin Trudeau’s Whitby-Oshawa victory speech. (The clip should have started at about 1 hr, 27 minutes in. Sorry!)
Whitby-Oshawa And Yellowhead By-Elections
Look to both be CPC holds.
You know the real winners tonight? The voters! Actually, no. The Tories are the real winners. Two holds.
— Stephen Maher (@stphnmaher) November 18, 2014
Trudeau’s election night defeat Speech From Bizarroland… voters of “Whitby-Oshawa showed they want change”…
Caesar-Chanvannes just said the liberal machine is unconquerable. I'm just gonna leave that there. #WhitbyOshawa
— Nathan MacKinnon (@NathanMackinnon) November 18, 2014
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Lip Balm not Napalm #TrudeauForeignPolicy
— Lloyd Snauwaert (@syncrodox1) November 7, 2014
#TrudeauForeignPolicy Coupon for one free furnace inspection.
— Barbara Myska (@bmyska) November 7, 2014
IS not our fault.
Here, have some road salt.
#trudeauforeignpolicy
— Ursus Maritimus ن (@CAGWSkeptic) November 7, 2014
#TrudeauForeignPolicy Wear your furqa! pic.twitter.com/PDlTHx1GSZ
— Katewerk (@katewerk) November 8, 2014
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“I know there are other things Canada could do, that other countries wouldn’t be able to do just as well…There’s a lot of people, refugees, displaced peoples fleeing violence who are facing a very, very cold winter in the mountains. If something Canada has expertise on is how to face a winter in the mountains with the right kind of equipment,” said Trudeau while motioning towards a window facing Jasper National Park.
Heh.
Hey @JustinTrudeau, maybe we can teach the Iraqi's how to make snow angels. #Cdnpoli
— Adam (@nannystatehate) November 7, 2014
I amuse myself.
#TrudeauForeignPolicy #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/A8QoRSq5VC
— Katewerk (@katewerk) November 7, 2014
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So there you have it. Trudeau went forward with this announcement without informing the two who faced the sexual harassment. Facepalm.
— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) November 5, 2014
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Confirmed – Scott Andrews, MP for Avalon, and Massimo Pacetti, MP for Saint Leonard in Quebec, have been suspended from Liberal caucus.
— John Ivison (@IvisonJ) November 5, 2014
2 separate incidents, both involving the NDP.
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HoC cameras catch #LPC's @cafreeland practicing her question in QP #cdnpoli https://t.co/9lP8sudpoT
— Richard Madan (@RichardMadan) November 3, 2014
Let Me Fix That Headline For You
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Sniff, MOMMMM! Those boys called me names! Whimper.
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Trouble in Trudeaupia: “Singh said those who were denied their votes gathered outside, where eventually a brawl erupted…”
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Related awkwardness: … retired general Andrew Leslie, a top foreign affairs advisor to Trudeau, said the Israeli military fired indiscriminately at Palestinian civilians, while Trudeau was publicly echoing Harper’s support of Israel.
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Ezra Levant – “Calling all photoshop amateurs & pros! Enter our contest at www.WhereWasJustin.com!”
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Liberals called 4 this "emergency debate" on Iraq deployment. 3 Libs in HoC. Trudeau MIA. Quite the emergency! @lisamwhyte62 @billmilliken
— Jan Johnstone (@janfromthebruce) September 17, 2014
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
It’s time for Susan Delacourt to name her source.
A threat to Justin Trudeau and his family? @TorontoStar Star-August 18: A ‘great’ moment in Canadian journalism pic.twitter.com/7EnTc4GDLD
— Norman Spector (@nspector4) August 27, 2014
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Really? This is how it works when someone breaks into a house to play with the butcher knives?
A man who police say went into the wrong home in error won’t be charged with the break-and-enter at Justin Trudeau’s Rockcliffe Park home earlier this month.
Police said Tuesday the man came forward to police when he saw the surveillance video released publicly after the break-in on Aug. 16.
“A thorough investigation has determined no charges should be laid,” an Ottawa police news release said. “A satisfactory amount of evidence shows the person entered the wrong home in error.”
So, who owned the right home?
The jokes about the suspect’s family resemblance just got a little more credible.
BREAKING: No charges to be laid in '94 Brown-Goldman murders.
#GotTheWrongHouse @OttawaPolice
— Katewerk (@katewerk) August 26, 2014